Achenblog: January 20, 2008 - January 26, 2008

When working it's important to take a break and do a little hiking. South Mountain Park has excellent trails, though you don't really need a trail at all in the desert, just decent boots. The rocks invite scrambling. Watch...

[Logistical note: Having found rain in Florida, South Carolina and Arkansas, I've finally fled to the desert southwest, and now type in one of the finest motel rooms in Phoenix, with a small porch that boasts an excellent view...

Did someone recently tell Bill Clinton to tone it down? I think he didn't listen. Today he threw a roundhouse right at the news media for being controversy-obsessed (uh, ya think?) and said Obama put out a "hit job"...

Mostly I drive, and listen to the lady in the GPS device, who is constantly saying "Recalculating." I am sure a lot of the candidates are saying the same thing these days. John McCain's South Carolina Truth Squad headquarters,...

About to jump on a plane again, I'll post this speech by Rev. Martin Luther King, sent to me by my friend Clyde: Check it out. Via boodler frostbitten, here's the text. Excerpt: The time has come for America...